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China’s AI ecosystem is trying to intensify its push to meet and surpass leading US models. ByteDance is reportedly developing an AI model rivaling Anthropic’s most advanced Mythos system, and DeepSeek is touting its efforts to build a challenger to Claude Code. Meanwhile, as Bei

Chinese chipmaker CXMT overtook Tencent on Thursday to become the country’s most valuable company, as memory makers surf a tidal wave of AI-fueled demand. The changeover occurred after Tencent, itself a CXMT customer, reported it had doubled its quarterly AI spending, worrying in

'Two out of four, baby' - Hunt wins 200m as she eyes historic quadruple - Published Britain's Amy Hunt charged to 200m glory to secure her second gold medal of the European Championships - but the sprinter has her sights set on a historic quadruple in Birmingham. The 24-year-old

The US has lost upwards of 25% of its Reaper drones during the Iran war, The Washington Post reported Thursday, as the conflict taxes diminishing American stockpiles. Costing up to $50 million each, the slow, low-flying drones present easy pickings, and represent something of a b

Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed new attacks on a Saudi Arabian oil refinery Thursday, as the US-Iran war threatened to expand further. The strikes could impact the kingdom’s efforts to maintain shipping volumes amid ongoing disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, Bloomberg reported. R

CNBC's Jim Cramer said Thursday investors risk missing some of the market's biggest opportunities when they put too much weight on the past. The key, he said, is booking profits along the way. "History doesn't always repeat itself, it doesn't always rhyme, and sometimes it's impo

As cancer treatments have advanced and outcomes have improved, one aspect of cancer care in the US has consistently worsened over the last decade: the wait time for surgery. According to a study in JAMA Surgery, patients with one of six types of cancer—breast, colon, lung, pancre

Singer and actress Selena Gomez and her mother are being sued over their mental health startup, Wondermind. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit say they invested nearly $1.2 million in the startup, and are accusing Gomez of securities fraud and breach of contract. They allege that the

Surveillance technology startup Flock announced a series of new policies and tools on Thursday, claiming they will help curb abuse of its automated license plate camera reader systems and help keep its law enforcement customers accountable. Flock is now recommending police depart

Apple has sent out a new batch of notifications to customers who it suspects have been targeted with spyware capable of hacking into their devices. The tech giant sends out these notifications on occasion to alert its customers that their iPhones, iPads, or Macs might have been c

Engine parts smashed Ryanair window that man's head was sucked out of, report says - Published Broken engine fragments smashed a cabin window of a Ryanair plane causing a man's head and right shoulder to be sucked into the hole last month, US investigators have said. The National

Microsoft Copilot will no longer show its emotive yellow blob, Mico, when you use the chatbot’s voice mode. In a support page, Microsoft says it’s going to move Mico to its Learn Live platform, where the avatar will have “more to react to,” as reported earlier by GeekWire. Micros

New York City's pied-à-terre tax can continue its planned rollout while it faces a legal challenge, an appellate judge ruled Thursday. The ruling comes after Staten Island Judge Wayne Ozzi on Monday issued a temporary restraining order briefly halting the levy on second homes abo

Apple CEO Tim Cook was joined by government officials, including Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, on Thursday to open a new manufacturing facility offering free training and educational classes for businesses in Houston, Texas. The facility is also where Apple will manufactu

Apple CEO Tim Cook was joined by government officials, including Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, on Thursday to open a new manufacturing facility offering free training and educational classes for businesses in Houston, Texas. The facility is also where Apple will manufactu

University of Connecticut women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma said WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert should try to shift the league's dialogue away from transgender issues because fans don't want to watch "another protest movement." "Nobody's coming to watch another political

Across the AI industry, users are becoming more conscious of just how expensive their deployments can be —and feeling a new urgency to cut costs. But while open source models offer significantly lower per-token costs, it can be difficult to find the right model for a given job. O

Nvidia’s $500B AI Infrastructure Bet Raises Power Stakes Nvidia’s $500B financing push could change how operators fund AI infrastructure, while power and interconnection remain critical constraints on deployment. Nvidia has partnered with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield

BBC Sport 'This is her stage!' - Hunt takes 200m gold This content is not available in your location. There was an error GB sprint star Amy Hunt takes her second gold of the 2026 European Athletics Championships in the women's 200m, with Rhasidat Adeleke second and Dina Asher

The Kennedy Center's board of trustees voted Thursday to inscribe President Donald Trump's name on its building facade, setting up a renewed legal battle over changes to the Washington, D.C., performing arts facility. Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, called the new vote "a transparent

Cisco shares dropped 8.4% on Thursday, as the networking equipment vendor's better-than-expected earnings report and strong guidance failed to impress Wall Street. The company said revenue in the current quarter will be between $18 billion and $18.2 billion, topping the $16.8 bil

Cisco shares dropped 8.4% on Thursday, as the networking equipment vendor's better-than-expected earnings report and strong guidance failed to impress Wall Street. The company said revenue in the current quarter will be between $18 billion and $18.2 billion, topping the $16.8 bil

The Trump administration is pointing the finger at more than 40 countries it says have helped China dodge tens of billions of dollars in tariffs. “It’s big money, but there’s also a very human cost here,” Peter Navarro, senior counsel for trade and manufacturing, told reporters T

The Dell Pro Precision 5 14s AMD is the Ryzen half of Dell’s newest 14-inch mobile workstation. Our review unit runs the Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 475, a 12-core, 24-thread processor with a 60 TOPS NPU, alongside Radeon 890M integrated graphics, 64GB of LPDDR5x memory, a 1TB Gen4 SSD, an

BBC Verify speaks to woman who filmed ICE agent pointing gun at her A video showing a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent pointing his gun at a woman has been viewed by millions after she shared the moment on Instagram. Carolina Molina says she was out delivering b

Prusa Research XL, Core One, and Core One L all to receive second-generation upgrades — all new orders get updated model for 'free' Existing models will have upgrade kits available. If you’re feeling sad that you can’t afford a new 3D printer this summer, perhaps you can swing an

S&P 500 companies are keeping more profit from every dollar in sales than ever before, providing another tailwind for stocks. Using FactSet data, John Butters, senior earnings analyst and vice president at FactSet, showed that the S&P 500's blended net profit margin is running at